Substance Use Prevention

ABOUT

Prevention is a proactive approach; creating an environment that promotes the health and well-being of individuals and communities, which prevent problems before they occur. Our substance use prevention programs implement evidence-based strategies in the community to prevent use of all substances.

What We Do:

Advocate for the use of best practices in preventing substance misuse.

Tobacco

The Central Valley Health Tobacco Prevention and Control program follows The Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Best Practices for comprehensive tobacco control programs.
Our focus is to:

Provide education and information to state and local policy makers and the public regarding current issues in tobacco control.
Assist tobacco users seeking cessation.
Work with local policymakers, businesses and organizations, and schools to develop and adopt tobacco-free policies in the workplace and the community.
Prevent youth initiation to tobacco.

Alcohol

The Substance Abuse Prevention Block Grant is a state funded block grant program administered by the Department of Health Behavioral Health Division. The priority of PFS is the prevention of underage drinking among 12-20 year olds.

Opioids

Our focus is to:

Reduce access to opioid medications.
Increase drug take-back locations in the community.
Increase access to Narcan.

Drug Take-Back Locations

Stutsman County

Law Enforcement Center

Medicine Shoppe

Thrifty White (Hugo's)

Thrifty White (#15)

Law Enforcement Center

Medicine Shoppe

Thrifty White (Hugo's)

Thrifty White (#15)

Logan County

Napoleon Drug

For more drug take-back locations in the Jamestown region, click on the graphic below.

STAFF

Director of Tobacco Prevention and Control

Nancy Neary / nneary@nd.gov

Director of Health Promotion

Shannon Klatt, MPH / sklatt@nd.gov

RESOURCES

Upcoming Events